Button-clasp



E. B. FINK.

BUTTON CLASPI APPLICATION HLED MAR- 23, 1920.

'1 ,342, 1 6 1 Patented June 1, 1920.

UNI'IEQ STATES ESTHER B. FINK, OF CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

- BUTTON-CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1920.

Application filed March 23, 1920. Serial No. 368;O91.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ESTHER B. FINK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Charleston, in the county of Kanawha and State of WestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Button-Clasp, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a separablefastener, and the invention aims to provide novel means whereby theedges of a garment may be held together without necessitating the makingof button holes.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in section, on a greatlyenlarged scale, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;Fig. 2 is a plan showing the main member of the button; and Fig. 3 is aplan showing the auxiliary member of the button.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a main member 1including a body 2 which may be made of bone, wood, celluloid or anyother material commonly used in the making of a button. The body 2 hasholes 3, adapted to receive the attaching thread, and of these holesthere may be any number. F our holes are supplied in the presentinstance, but this detail is not mandatory. On its inner side, the body2 of the button is provided with a recess 4 wherein a back plate 5,which maybe made of metal, is seated and secured. The back plate 5 hasopenings 6 coinciding with the openings 3 of the body 2. About the edgesof the openings 6, the back plate 5 is sup plied with flanges 7 extendedinto the holes 3 of the body 2, and engaged in the body 2 within thecontour of the holes, thereby to anchor the back plate 5 in the recess4. A resilient stub 8 of any desired construction projects rearwardlyfrom the back plate 5 and is secured thereto.

The device includes an auxiliary member 9 made of metal or any othersuitable material, the member 9 comprising a flat outer part 10 and aconcaved inner part 11, there being openings 12 in the-part 1O disposedopposite to openings 14 in the part 11. There may be any number of theopenings 12 and 14. F our of them are shown 9. The outer part 10 of themember 9 is supplied with an opening 25 in which the resilient stud 8 isadapted to be engaged, and it is clear that when the stud is engaged inthe opening, as aforesaid, the pieces 17 and 18 of material will be heldtogether.

The device forming the subject matter of this application obviates thenecessity of making button holes in a garment or the like, and will befound to be thoroughly efficient for the ends in view.

Having thus described the what is claimed is 1. In a device of the classdescribed, a main member comprising a body; a back plate provided with aresilient stud, the back plate being secured to the body, the body andthe back plate having cooperatinvention,

ing thread-receiving openings; and an auxiliary member having anaperture receiving the stud.

2. In a device of the class described, a main member comprising a body;a back plate provided with a resilient stud, the back plate beingsecured to the body, the body and the back plate having cooperatingthread-receiving openings;and an auxiliary member including a flat outerpart and a concaved inner part, both of-said parts havingthread-receiving openings, and the outgr part having an aperturereceiving the stu 3. In a device of the class described, a main membercomprising a body having openings; a back plate having a resilient stud,the back plate having openings cooperating with the openings of thebody, there being fianges on the back plate adjacent to the openingsthereof, the flanges In testimony that I claim the foregoing beingextended into the openings of the as my own, I have hereto afiixed mysigbody and being prolonged outwardly and nature in vthe preseneeof-twoWitnesses. anchored in the body Within the contour of ESTHER B. FINK.the openings of the body and an auxiliary 'Witnesses:

member having an opening receiving the GEO. H. BELSCHES,

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